Roy Tang

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Feb 2019

Jan 2019

  • I’m very amused that Dwight Schrute (from the office) voices Lex Luthor in DC Animated’s Death of Superman, but I have no one IRL who shares both those fandoms so instead I shout it down the well that is Twitter

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  • I have a Yahoo Calendar reminder that stopped sending me email reminders for some reason in mid 2013 and mysteriously resumed in 2019. It’s like someone accidentally killed a cron job and they only found out last Christmas

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  • Repost from normative:

    STONE: So… I suppose you have questions about those Signal chats with Guccifer.

    MUELLER: In good time. But first… fancy a game of Gwent?

    RT @MattNegrin: I bet Mueller could have wrapped it up months ago but he wants to make sure he does all the side quests

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  • It’s a bit magical whenever you gain additional mobility abilities in a metroidvania, you get to quickly dash and doublejump and just whiz over terrain that was giving you trouble just a little while before

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  • Today I am reminded that some (perhaps many) applications already live and in production are just house of cards waiting to be knocked over

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  • Repost from jboogie:

    Fixed time, fixed scope projects always end in 1 of 3 ways:

    1. We move the deadline.
    2. We reduce scope.
    3. We implement “crunch mode” , everybody puts in 80 hour weeks till the deadline, burns out, quits and goes to work somewhere else.
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  • It’s weird that Videl has a win quote “I can hold my own in a fight” even though she fights with Gohan/GreatSaiyaman. PS I don’t actually play this game I just enjoy the videos

    Quoted gameinformer's tweet:
    Videl and Jiren Are The First To Join Dragon Ball FighterZ In Season Two https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/01/27/videl-and-jiren-are-the-first-to-join-dragon-ball-fighterz-in-season-two
    It’s weird that Videl has a win quote “I can hold my own in a fight” even though she fights with Gohan/GreatSaiyaman. PS I don’t actually play this game I just enjoy the videos Quoted gameinformer's tweet: Videl and Jiren Are The First To Join Dragon Ball FighterZ In Season Two https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/01/27/videl-and-jiren-are-the-first-to-join-dragon-ball-fighterz-in-season-two
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  • Its probably an evolutionary disadvantage that people I know can easily recognize me when Im out walking since Im huge. I have like -3 to stealth

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  • Reply to a comment by cbslinger on '[Standard] Golgari Midrange players, how do you beat Mono Red?' on /r/spikes:

    since mono-red is the majority of the meta at my ranking, what deck would be best to punish that deck

    For budget options, I like the white weenie decks vs red. They have 12 one-drops that can gain life (the vampire from legion’s landing, the 1/1 lifelink flier and the 1/1 gain 1 life if if i have 3 creatures), so they almost always have incidental lifegain. If they manage to pump even 1-2 lifelink vampires with the “convoke and put a +1/+1 counter on my dudes” elephant, it’s a big deal. (I should really learn the names of cards). Selesnya is also pretty good - they have access to both Knight of Autumn and Wildgrowth Walker, so it’s kind of a nightmare. And then of course there’s those control decks that have Absorb AND “Gain 3 life draw a card” AND Moment of Craving. I consider these much worse matchups for RDW than Golgari

    I agree the Golgari deck can run out of steam too. Golgari’s advantage is that your creatures are generally of higher quality and will win over theirs (except maybe for Chainwhirler). Find, Vivien, Karn, and even small Vraska are good for getting your second wind and refilling your hand after stabilizing.

    I also run 1 Brontodon in the main, but I don’t think I can cut the reapers, as I’ve won a few close fights just by chump blocking with creatures to draw cards and find my answers.

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  • Reply to '[Standard] Golgari Midrange players, how do you beat Mono Red?' on /r/spikes:

    I started tracking my BO1 Arena games today. Out of 35 matches, I faced 8 RDW, won 50% (4 matches). I think the matchup overall is about 50-50, maybe 55-45 in Golgari’s favor, and your win rate goes up if you get at least one life gain off Wildgrowth Walker. The 3 out of the 4 games I lost I either didn’t have access to one color, or never got off 2 lands. (I might need to mulligan better or add more duals - I’ve been saving my rare WCs so I only have 3 shock 2 check)

    I’ve played both decks on Arena; red has some explosive hands, but has a tendency to run out of steam. If they get the nut draw, there’s not much you can do, and you’ll be down to 6-8 before turn 4.

    Having wildgrowth isn’t necessary to win - 2 out of my 4 wins I didn’t draw one.

    The ideal opening hand has 2-3 explore creatures (ideally two 2-drops, squire is preferred over branchwalker and a jadelight) to ensure a steady flow of lands. On turn one you play an elf if you have it, even if you have to use a shock, because they’ll bolt it everytime, and 2 <= 2-3. I kind of wish I had been tracking who was going first - I suspect it matters a lot, I’ll do that tomorrow.

    You want to play creatures on turns 2-3 and just assume they’re going to die. You want them to waste their burn spells on your creatures. Play wildgrowth last, but if he’s your only guy, it’s okay to run him on 2 (especially if you have Find to get him back later).

    When exploring during the early turns, send to the graveyard Tyrant, Karn, big Vraska, or Vivienne, those won’t be much help. Getting more creatures is better, just make sure you can play them.

    You’re going to stabilize at around turns 4-6, with around 6-10 life, and hopefully the red deck’s hand is spent. 6 life is scary - you’re basically hoping he doesn’t have two bolts, but it happens. Stay scared, never attack without leaving a blocker for a hasted 2/2 mage. You’re hoping he doesn’t draw LUtS, Risk Factor or Frenzy (frenzy is the worst for him, light up is the best)

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  • Repost from SixoTF:

    RT if you spent hours of your childhood just staring at these drawings.

    RT if you spent hours of your childhood just staring at these drawings.
    RT if you spent hours of your childhood just staring at these drawings.
    RT if you spent hours of your childhood just staring at these drawings.
    RT if you spent hours of your childhood just staring at these drawings.
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  • Repost from i386:

    Software is the only industry I am aware of where stakeholders can agree to build a 2 cylinder Mazda and then 6 months later be upset when you don’t deliver a McClaren.

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  • There should be an emote for “Hey man, just let me have this win, I’ve been grinding for hours and only need one more to rank up”

    Doesnt even matter what game I’m talking about!

    And of course, there should also be the appropriate emote response “Sorry man, I still need to get my daily win” And also “BRB man gotta pee”

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